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NAIL . to nail a person, is to over-reach, or take advantage of him in the course of trade or traffic; also, to rob, or steal; as, I nail'd him for (or of) his reader, I robbed him of his pocket-book; I nail'd the swell's mantra in the push, I picked the gentleman's pocket of his watch in the crowd, etc. A person of an over-reaching, imposing disposition, is called a nail, a dead nail, a nailing rascal, a rank needle, or a needle pointer.
NANCY . the posteriors.
NAP the BIB . to cry; as, the mollisher nap'd her bib, the woman fell a crying.
NASH . to go away from, or quit, any place or company; speaking of a person who is gone, they say, he is nash'd, or Mr. Nash is concerned.
NE-DASH . nothing.
NEEDLE . (see NAIL) to needle a person is to haggle with him in making a bargain, and, if possible, take advantage of him, though in the most trifling article.
NEEDLE-POINTER . See NAIL.
NEEDY-MIZZLER . a poor ragged object of either sex; a shabby-looking person.
NIB . a gentleman, or person of the higher order. People who affect gentility or consequence, without any real pretensions thereto, arc from hence vulgarly called Half-nibs or Half-swells; and, indeed, persons of low minds, who conceive money to be the only criterion of gentility, arc too apt to stigmatize with the before-mentioned epithets any man, 'who, however well-bred and educated, may be reduced to a shabby external, but still preserves a sense of decorum in his manners, and avoids associating with the vagabonds among whom he may unfortunately be doomed to exist.
NIBB'D . taken in custody.
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